Barber&#39;s sign apparatus.



No. 888,569. I PATENTBD MAY as, 1908. P. ZARELLA. BARBERS SIGN Rumpus.

APPLICATION FILED nov.'4.1'9bs.-

UNITED sTArns OFFICE.

'- PETER ZARELLA, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BARBER/S SI GN APPARATUS.

Application filed November 2-1, 1905. Serial No. 288,892.

-or sign-apparatus for use by barbers and hair-dressers, and es ecially adapted to be applied on the outsi e of a barbers or hairdressing establish1nent. I

barbers-pole in closed in a glass case-androtated b a suit- The invention employs a able motor, the upper and'lower an s of said polebeing' hidden, whereb' the rotation of,

' the vertically set pole pro uces the effect or appearance of the spiral stripes climbing upward and disappearing be ind a groundglass surfacein the upper end of the case.

mirror consisting of a number of flat narrow vertically set mirrors-placed side b side in a general curved line, the center of w ieh is im mediately behind 'the pole adds to the effect by producing a number of reflections of' the rotating pole with its apparently climbing and disappearing stripes.

The nature of the'mvention is fully de scribed in detail below, and illustrated in the accompanying drawin ,in-whichz Figure 1 is a front e evation of the device,

- a part of the lower portion of the panel or 'Fig. 1.

' d the topl.

case being re resented as broken out in or der to show t e position of the motor. 'Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line=2-'2,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sec- }io'nof the pole taken on the same line in ig. 1. l r

Similar lettersof reference indicate correspending parts.

a represents the rearwall and bthe side walls of a case. of which-c is the bottom and The sides 5 are made preferably of (who or partially) transparent glass. The front of the case comprises. a window e of transparent glass, a ground-glass plate or panelbetween the upper end of the window and t e top of the case, a similar ground-- glass panel or plate g which extends across the case below the transparent glass 0, and a woodenor opaque panel a; next the lower end Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2c, 1908.

of the case, said panels being separated by suitable beads or rails is.

1 re resents a spindle set vertically and centraly in the case, andsu'pported rotativ'ely in suitable boxes indicated by dotted lines 7n next the bottom and to of the case.

Rigid on this s indie is abarers pole a,-

typically stripe with any desired color or co ors, the drawing illustrating white andred spiral stripes.- The red stri e is illustrated in t e drawing as beingpro need on a spiral groove 0 which is-concave in cross section, for

the purpose of heightening the effect as the ole is rotated. A'motor p islocated in the 'ower portion of the case behind the panel h, and a shaft extending therefrom engages and rotates Set vertically inthe ease with its central 'ortion behind the pole, is a row or series of ilat narrow mirrors 8, said row being formed substantially on the arc of a circle whereby its ends extend to points on opposite sides of the pole. Each of these mirrors of course produces a reflection of the barbers pole. uitable electric lights 3 are iocated'in the uper and iower ortions of the case above and elow the ex iibited portion of the pole. When this case lprovided with the pole is in position, the on tile pole by means of a worm r.

y portion of the pole which can beseen is the part which. is betweenthe pper groun d-glass p safely and lower ground g ass panel 9, the ends of the ole being ontirely out of sight, When the ight has been tured on (as would be the case in the evening) the pole appears in the center of a num-- ber of reflections corresponding with the number of mirrors 8 thirteen being shown in the drawing. After the motor has been put into operation the ap )Q'll'iL-DCG is that of central striped po e br'liahtly lighted and with the stripes climbing up and vanishing in the air accompanied by a number of other p oles shown i reflection by the mirrors 8. he appearance of the stripes as the pole rotates is rendered still more effective by the concave shape of the spiral groove '0.

Having thus fully described my inve itionz=- what 1 claim, and desire to secure by Liitters,

Patent is p A sign comprising an angular casing having a back, .JlClGS, top and bottom, and afront having a middle transparent part, an ulsand bottom of the casing, means to rotate the pole, means to illuminate thesame, and'e series ofvertical mirrors behind the pole,- at angles .to each other, and extending in a curved line from one side of the cesing t0 the other. to give multiple reflections of the pole.

rightlwtery pole set in beerings on the top In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

PETER ZARELLA.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMb, A. K. H001). 

